Morning journal and courier., 1887-08-23
News by Telegraph
FROM ALL QUARTERS.
LABOR'S GREAT MCiUL
Pitched Into TO. By Angry
4 Socialists.
P0WDERLY'S STAR is SETTING.
McGIynn Makes Trouble
For Hibernians.
A BLOODY RIOT AMONG MINERS.
Romantic Tale Of A Great
Fortune.
4 BLOODY RIOT AMONG MINERS,

THE MOGUL OF UNITED LABOR.
Henry George severely Denounced by
| the Socialists In Mass Meeting at
Cooper Union. 49,
NEW YoRK, Aug. 22.-The Socialist mass
meeting in the Cooper Union tonight to de-
nounce Henry George and the United Labor
party was very demonstrative affair.
| Thomas O'Neil, of the Twentieth assembly
district, was chosen chairman. There was
deafening applause as Furniture union No. 1
and Trainers union No. entered the hall
bearing red flags. The audience rose to
their feet and shouted with delight. There
was evidently discordant element present,
however, for when Chairman O'Neil, after
praising the delegates, who, he said, with
drew from the Syracuse convention on q
question of principle, began to denounce
Henry George he was interrupted by Kisses.
The Kisses were at once met by cheers, but
when Mr.. O'Neil renewed his attack upon
Mr.. George he raised the storm. There was
so much confusion that the chairman brought
his speech to speedy close, and introduced
William Penn Rogers, who announced that
he resigned from the United Labor party.
When he mentioned Henry Georges name a
storm of cheers and Kisses rose again from
the great crowd. The people on the platform
defantly waved their red flags, whereupon
the opposition shouted "Polioel Policel"
There was an uproar and babel of tongues,
but it slowly subsidized and Mr.. Rogers was
given a chance to resume his address. "I
admire the grand mogul of the United Labor
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absorbed in his land theory to care for the
masses" Mr.. Rogers was 30 frequently in
terrupted that he did not prolong his res
marks. The confusion was increasing and
Chairman O'Neil had battle with the crowd
before he got them to let him introduce Ed
itor Schevitch of the Volks Zeitung. The
appearance of this leading light of Socialism
was signalized by more kissing and cheering,
winding up in a row between factions in the
rear of the hall. When hostilities had ceased
Mr.. Schevitch said he had nothing to say
about the two leaders of the Henry George
but when they attempted to pre-
scribe one medicine for the entire labor
party they made mistake. Being known as
a Socialist, Mr.. Scheyitch continued, he had
taken u back seat in the party in order that
the mad dog cry of Socialism should not be
raised. So also had all other Socialists. |
They had worked when there was work to !
for it, The speaker then mentioned several |
parties that had risen aud passed away and |
declared that their fall was due to relin- |
gushing their freedom to the dictation of an
individual Mr.. Schevitch then satirically |
the ticket adopted at Syracuse. He
was occasionally interrupted, but on the
whole his speech was we'll received and he |
was loudly applauded at times.
Letters of sympathy were read and then
resolutions were adopted saying that the |
of the city repudiate Henry
George, his platform and his political ma |
chinery; that he has aided the capitalistic |
class by casting odium on body of earnest |
workers and thinkers who have fought the |
battles of humanity and progress; calling |
on organized labor to rescue the labor move |
ment from the boss, Henry George; |
pledging the Socialists to act politically |
against all the existing parties, including the |
George party, until genuine labor party is |
formed, and calling upon the opponents of |
George in the United Labor party to elect |
delegates to a conference to be held Sunday,
September 4, at Webster Hall and also invit- |
ing all trade and labor organizations to send |
delegates to that conference with a view to
separate action. |
1t did not take long for the meeting to end |
after these resolutions had been read. Other
speeches were made by Edward Fincklestone,
the rejected Syracuse delegate, and Editor |
Jonas of the Volks Zeitung, who spoke in |
German and said in conclusion: "We are a
labor party, striving for the people; we are
not for Henry George; we are for labor!"
The concluding speech was made by Colonel
Hinton.